7126 emergency cases recorded in Armenia over 2006

[Tumanian Talar]

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Jan 30 2007

7126 EMERGENCY CASES RECORDED IN ARMENIA OVER 2006

YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. Rescue service affiliated to Armenian
Regional Administration Ministry said 7126 emergency cases have been
recorded in the country over 2006.
According to the rescue service's report, 483 were killed in these
accidents in 2006 against 341 in 2005 and 4563 were injured against
3132 a year earlier.
The report says 4566 cases of man-caused accidents were recorded in
2006 against 2978 in 2005. These accidents took lives of 379 people
against 341 in previous year.
Total number of casualties was 2186 against 1841 in 2005.
The rescue service says the increase in number of emergency cases was
mainly due to traffic accidents and fires.
The report says 247 natural disasters with three casualties were
recorded in 2006 against 251 with two casualties in 2005.
The number of social and domestic accidents was 2313 (1250 in 2005).
101 were killed and 2375 injured in them in 2006 (97 killed and 1289
injured in 2005). M.V.-0